Kiwiology

Gosh I'm so bloody jealous of y'all and your flash new cars, vehicles here are expensive seriously I had an 89 Mitsi that was pretty ace, only paid $900 for it, sold it to the bro when I moved and didn't need wheels, got a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited back in September-ish, the red neck inside me is more fulfilled, you crank the Dixie Chicks up quite nicely with the eight speaker surround sound

Trev, mate, do you accept foreign Kiwi's to come work for you? I can cook a bloody mean hamburger It doesn't but having to put up for decades with piss poor funding and a lack of interest from Government and the on flow problems doesn't really help morale That is true however the actions of an employer can have a significant impact on the ability of one to be "happy" at work Things are certainly better now than they have been, but when the same issues are consistently raised for years and very little or nothing is done, then you have to wonder

If you're not particularly intelligent then I am even less intelligent than you! The requirement for a Bachelors Degree at least in this part of the world is several fold. It is the standard for entry into a "professional" career and every other regulated health profession requires at least a Bachelors Degree - see my previous post for the list. The Ambulance Service signalled its intention to move away from the vocational training path about seven years ago because the direction they wanted to take service delivery was inconsistent with the technical diploma as gradual and progressive expansion of scopes of practice and the desire to refer people away from hospital wherever possible requires much broader foundation education than can be offered in a technical diploma. A degree had existed for a number of years in Auckland and the employment of degree graduates was creating a disparate divide between the "new" officers who knew all the science and needed a little time to consolidate it in practice vs the "old" officers who knew a small amount of science but were experts at the "doing". It had also been the majority employers' view for a number of years that Paramedics be included under the Health Practitioners Act but the technical diploma was inconsistent with requirements for registration. Ah I forget there are other parts of UK besides England SAS has partnered with GCU so Technicians now have to do the CertHE and Paramedic the DipHE NIAS still teaches the old IHCD Award it seems That is true but the general theory in this part of the world is that you go to secondary school to get an education in the basics e.g. math, english, science/chemistry, social studies etc and that you go to University for your specialised entry level professional training and go back for a Masters etc when you wish to specialise within your career field I don't honestly think the extra "general education" is really worthwhile or necessary and it just adds to the cost and time required to get a degree Yeah first year uni here is really not much harder than NCEA Level 3 (what you call HSC) the essays etc are a bit different if you're writing them or if you're doing science stuff the content might be different but not much "harder" conceptually. The big jump is to being an independent learner When we were sending second year uni students on exchange to US they were having to do third or fourth year classes to match the academic requirements here

Not at university level unless you want to study those subjects Partially correct; you can if you want but there is no requirement. For example science (general science so a little bit of everything) is compulsory until Year 11 (of 13) then in Years 12 and 13 you can do full year chemistry, biology etc. English and math are required until Year 12. Year 13 is not even technically required if your grades are high enough you can get entry to uni (it's their discretion) but if you pass Year 13 you get automatic entry. Nursing requires a minimum number of science credits and if you don't have them then you get conditional entry and just have to do the human body function class in summer semester before nursing starts. Medicine (along with optometry, physiotherapy, the 3 dental degrees, med lab science etc) have a common competitive first year where you study common subjects and are selected into the relevant professional program. Gone are the days when a high enough mark in Year 13 got you into medicine.

LOL the Clinical Education Manager over here left in the Clinical Development restructure and now works for Ambulance Victoria!

There are a few differences here - We do 13 years of high school (as does AU) so a Bachelors is only 3 years - A Diploma ("Associates") is a Level 5 qualification whereas a Bachelors Degree is Level 7 (a PhD is Level 10) - There is no "general education" our degrees consist entirely of "major" or "upper division" coursework - No course has "pre-requisites" (certain classes might e.g. ABC102 might have ABC101 as a pre-req but that's different) - All health care professions* require a Bachelors Degree of between three and six years duration - Nurses have required a two year Diploma since 1971 and a Bachelors Degree since 1993 - Intensive Care Paramedic has been a two year Diploma since 1995 and is now a Post-Bachelor Certificate (1/3rd of Masters) * Health professional means Chiropractor, Dentist, Dental hygienist, Clinical dental technologist. Dental technologist, Dental therapist, Dietitian, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Anaesthetic Technician, Medical Radiation Technologist, Medical Practitioner, Midwife, Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Optometrist, Dispensing Optician, Osteopath, Pharmacist, Physiotherapist, Podiatrist. Psychologist or Psychotherapist and from next year a Paramedic or Intensive Care Paramedic

Not really, I know basically MAS and RAV became AV The bitch here is that St John cries woe-is-poor-broke us we have no money and nobody cares about little old St John but we do such a stellar job of running a first world Ambulance Service that nobody could do it better but give millions of dollars they drum up to the other 11 "functions" they are involved in. Now the Ambulance Service is broke, it runs a multi million dollar deficit while millions of dollars are given to other useless wanky crap "community programs" which probably help some little old Nana's and kids feel better so good on them but unfortunately the Ambulance Service gets lost along the way. Vehicle design is basically unchanged since the 1980s and the Australian vanbusprinter prototype was rejected over a quasi London style sprinterbox that looks like somebody with a developmental disability designed it, they spent over a thousand dollars on each complete uniform but it's one of the most impractical pieces of crap I've ever come across and could buy a better one for under half the price, most of management are dickheads and it's like following alice down the rabbit hole ... what more can i say?

I have low morale because AK has not hired me yet Seriously there has been low morale in the Ambulance Service for years here mostly around lack of funding, remuneration, management culture, rosters etc but the problem is consistently denied as really being a problem so little is done or will be done in the forseeable future

MAS required a two year Diploma of Applied Science (Ambulance) as far back as 1971 so why should they be? Yes it does but again, the minimum requirement is a Bachelors Degree Australia: Paramedic (3 year Bachelors Degree) and Intensive Care Paramedic (Post Bachelor Diploma) New Zealand: Paramedic (3 year Bachelors Degree) and Intensive Care Paramedic (Post Bachelor Certificate) Canada: Primary Care Paramedic (2 year Diploma) and Advanced Care Paramedic (1 year Post-Diploma) UK: Paramedic (2 year Foundation Degree or 3 year Bachelors Degree) South Africa: Emergency Care Technician (2 year nCert) and Emergency Care Practitioner (4 year BTech) It's also possible to do 1 year PCP (EMT) and 2 year ACP (EMTP) in Alberta or BC; Ontario is 2:1 EMTP might get you looked at but it is no guarantee. I know an EMTP from US who was turned away from ASNSW as even tho he was EMTP they considered his education inadequate. Some EMTPs from US have been employed here but they are employed as Technicians and worked up to ICP over 12 months. Not sure what you mean? State Registered Paramedic which now requires a two year Foundation Degree Don't be fooled, the ECA/ECSW is not allowed to independently treat patients and "assists" the registered Paramedic

It's called offering value to your customers you muppet ...

cos I love you long time five dollar

There is now, I'm a stupid ass Kiwi who can't type very fast mmk?

Check your work email

Correct, nobody likes putting up with you

No points for you,you've worked with enough of us to know by-proxy Also no points for you for not hiring me as your business manager, just because I was in a mental black hole and vanished from teh Facebook. I could use my broke Kiwi ass some camel dung ... i mean dirhams esp since Emirates rescinded my interview, restructuring my ass ... and not like that you perv And even more no points for not coming to New Zed Man, it's a good thing you don't need pseudo internet points from some weird ass Kiwi who is mental in the noggin to feel whole inside huh? Points for Dwayne for admitting he didn't know, I'll only shit in one of his burgers for this

He got a bit uppity so the CIA had him wasted sorry bru

Perfusion is not a difficult concept to grasp, I mean I'm a complete bloody retard and I didn't haz teh problem with it Hmm ... capillary hydrostatic pressure you say; what in the fuck is that? I said some arbitrary number nobody has heard of is pretty useless; its not a like a Glasgow coma score or a blood pressure it's just some random ass number In shock itself blood pressure is a very poor indicator of the degree of shock and gone are the days that we used blood pressure as a primary indicator of severity of volume depletion. Somebody who is on a big bag of blood pressure lollies may have shock without significant hypotension or may be overly hypotensive because of the blocking of the reflex mechanisms by which the body will attempt to maintain blood pressure. Heart rate is kind of the same, some bloke who is on beta blockers for a nunngered ticker can have shock without tachycardia So that right there means that shock index number you get is going to be skewed A fair point but I don't see this number being of any value honestly

It was the eighties bro .... we got a bit uppity what can I say? Ah memories of Year 11 history ... "New Zealand and the post-WWII search for the security" somebody get me a bucket or something seriously You're an idiot, you realise that? Bloody hell ANZAC makes it pretty obvious LOL I'm going to shit in the first burger I make you at our BBQ for this

OMG about four years I talked to the FDNY about it and the end result was it was such an absolute bloody pain in the ass I just said forget it

That's right just don't include us either y'know its no problem, you ignorant American, what do you think ANZAC stands for?

No I think it's pretty useless, I have never heard of it, none of my Anaesthetist contacts have ever heard of it Now Columbus hadn't heard the earth wasn't flat either but still in the pre-hospital environment what good is it going to do? Change whether we give the bro hit by a bus a litre of fluid? No. Change whether he meets major trauma criteria? No. Do anything of any value whatsoever, oh look $4 pizzas at Dominos now that is value, no.

UK - EMTP can apply for State Registered Paramedic with HPC via the "International" route; long and expensive and no help with work visa France - SMUR (Service Mobile d'Urgence et Reanimation) Doctor led service; no civilian Paramedics Australia - EMTP can apply for recognition with applicable service; somewhat complex as each person is individually reviewed based on education, experience etc; most likely given recognition at Paramedic level after a mentor period then moved up to ICP; may have to do the ICP course again. Generally no help with work visa from NSW, QLD, SA etc New Zealand - EMTP can apply for recognition; quite expensive and a "recommendation" only; ambulance service has discretion and each person treated individually re education/experience. Most likely given Technician level then mentored up to Paramedic then to Intensive Care Paramedic over 12 months. Help with work visa if selected but competition is extremely tough. Canada - province dependant; no help with work visa Germany - depends on the state and again, no help with an EU visa Ireland - must apply for individual recognition with PHECC and again, no help with an EU visa

Greetings my Commonwealth cousin I've spent four of the last six years in US and can say with certainty you will thoroughly enjoy it, but you will find the Ambulance Service very different but that's just how it is I suppose Now, get your bum down here to NZ and we can get on the piss

Yes, I have two from my very last night shift in the back, so we're talking like two years ago here 1) 25yom tried to jump a retaining wall on his ten speed after consuming 12 beers, got halfway up and fell down, # ankle 2) 19yof jumped a fence at the local pool after being spotted by security with friends after hours, fell, ? # distal tib/fib On the second one she says "thank goodness you's are here, the cops drove past, slowed down, said the ambos are coming, laughed at me and drove off!" 438 calls Ambulance, clearing, code silly people The most bizzare I have had was about three years ago now, self inflicted burns with a fag lighter claiming got beaten up and robbed, the cops didn't buy it, neither did either of us or the IC so that was a bit weird, esp with me, the IC, the dog handler and his mum in the back

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